52nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

52nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
52nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
7 December 1978 – 28 August 1981
Parliament leaders
Premier	John Buchanan; October 5, 1978
Leader of the; Opposition	Gerald Regan; October 5, 1978 – January 1, 1980
	Benoit Comeau; January 1, 1980 – June 8, 1980
	A.M. (Sandy) Cameron; June 8, 1980
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Party
Opposition	Liberal Party
Recognized	New Democratic Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the; House	Ron Russell; December 7, 1978 – July 8, 1980
	Art Donahoe; February 19, 1981
Members	52 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II; February 6, 1952
Lieutenant; Governor	Clarence Gosse; October 1, 1973 – December 23, 1978
	John Elvin Shaffner; December 23, 1978
Sessions
	1st session; December 7, 1978 – December 28, 1979
	2nd session; February 28, 1980 – February 19, 1981
	3rd session; February 19, 1981 – August 28, 1981
← 51st	→ 53rd

The 52nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between December 7, 1978 and August 28, 1981.

Division of seats

There were 52 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1978 Nova Scotia general election.

Riding	Name	Position
Annapolis East	Gerry Sheehy
Annapolis West	Greg Kerr
Antigonish	J. William Gillis
Bedford - Musquodoboit Valley	Ken Streatch
Cape Breton South	Vincent MacLean
Cape Breton Centre	James 'Buddy' MacEachern
Cape Breton North	Len J. Arsenault
Cape Breton Nova	Paul MacEwan
Cape Breton East	Jeremy Akerman
Cape Breton West	David N. Muise
Cape Breton The Lakes	Ossie Fraser
Clare	Benoit Comeau
Colchester North	Bill Campbell
Colchester South	R. Colin Stewart
Cole Harbour	David Nantes
Cumberland East	Roger S. Bacon
Cumberland West	D. L. George Henley
Cumberland Centre	Guy A. C. Brown
Dartmouth East	Richard L. Weldon
Dartmouth North	Laird Stirling
Dartmouth South	Roland J. Thornhill
Digby	Joseph H. Casey
Guysborough	A. M. "Sandy" Cameron
Halifax Atlantic	John Buchanan	Premier
Halifax Bedford Basin	Joel Matheson
Halifax Cornwallis	Terry Donahoe
Halifax Citadel	Arthur R. Donahoe
Halifax Chebucto	Walter Fitzgerald
Halifax Eastern Shore	Tom McInnis
Halifax Needham	Gerald Regan
Halifax St. Margarets	Gerald A.(Jerry) Lawrence
Hants East	G. Patrick Hunt
Hants West	Ron Russell
Inverness	Bill MacEachern
	John Archie MacKenzie
Kings North	Edward Twohig
Kings South	Harry How
Kings West	George Moody
Lunenburg Centre	Bruce Cochran
Lunenburg East	Ron Barkhouse
Lunenburg West	Mel Pickings
Pictou East	Donald W. Cameron
Pictou West	Donald P. McInnes
Pictou Centre	Jack MacIsaac
Queens	John Leefe
Richmond	Gaston LeBlanc
Sackville	Malcolm A. MacKay
Shelburne	Harold Huskilson
Truro-Bible Hill	Ron Giffin
Victoria	Peter John Nicholson
Yarmouth	Fraser Mooney
	Hugh Tinkham

Name	Party	Electoral District	Cause of departure	Succeeded by	Elected
Gerald Regan	Liberal	Halifax Needham	elected to federal seat	Edmund L. Morris, PC	May 6, 1980
Gaston T. LeBlanc	Liberal	Richmond	death	John E. LeBrun, Liberal	May 6, 1980
Peter John Nicholson	Liberal	Victoria	resigned	Fisher Hudson, PC	May 6, 1980
Jeremy Akerman	NDP	Cape Breton East	resigned	Donnie MacLeod, PC	December 2, 1980

"Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2011. Retrieved 2015-04-28.

Preceded by 51st General Assembly of Nova Scotia	General Assemblies of Nova Scotia 1978–1981	Succeeded by 53rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia